Justice crackdown on legalized pot expected
The Justice Department is expected to step up enforcement of federal law against recreational marijuana under the Trump administration. Pot is legal in California and seven other states. Exactly what increased enforcement would look like is unclear. Ref. Source 5u.
San Diego legalizes marijuana cultivation, manufacturing. San Diego will have a fully legal and regulated marijuana industry including pot farms, factories making edibles and retail storefronts selling the drug to both medical and recreational customers. Source 4i.
San Diego has busy start to first day of recreational marijuana sales. The curious and the committed showed up early Monday morning for the first day of recreational marijuana sales in California, keeping stores busy across San Diego, from Otay Mesa to Bay Park. Source 1b.
County moving forward with criminal-record reductions in Prop. 64 marijuana cases. San Diegans convicted in past years of marijuana offenses that are no longer illegal have been quietly getting their criminal records reduced — almost 700 of them so far, with another 4,000 cases awaiting action. Source 1j.
How much does it cost California cannabis growers to safety test? The high cost of testing cannabis in California leads to higher prices for the consumer, which could drive consumers to unlicensed markets. A new study finds the safety tests cost growers about 10 percent of the average wholesale price of legal cannabis. The biggest share of this expense comes from failing the test. Source 5n.